HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution 1463RESOLUTION NO. 1463
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING INTENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUBURBAN
TREE CONSORTIUM FIVE YEAR CONTRACTUAL PROGRAM -EXHIBIT B
WHEREAS, the Village of Plainfield has heretofore joined the cooperative known as the
Suburban Tree Consortium; and
WHEREAS, the Suburban Tree Consortium was created to jointly purchase parkway
trees on behalf of a number of municipalities in an effort to realize cost savings and insure a
reasonable supply and variety of suitable parkway trees; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 6S of ILCS 5/11-73.1-1 entitled "Municipal and Joint Municipal
Tree Planting Programs", authorizes municipalities to jointly enter into long term contracts for the
purchase and delivery of trees, and
WHEREAS, due to the nature of the nursery industry and the plant materials desired by
the Suburban Tree Consortium, assuring a reasonable number and variety of parkway trees at the
best price is passible only with multi-year commitment on the part of the Consortium Members,
so as to allow adequate planning by the Consortium and the Nurseries/Suppliers; and
WHEREAS, the Suburban Tree consortium member municipalities provide the
Nurseries/Suppliers a projection of their parkway tree requirements for the next five years; and
WHEREAS, the Suburban Tree Consortium can realize the necessary number and
variety and the best price of such parkway trees only by providing assurance to the tree
Nursery/Supplier of the level of interest by the Consortium Members; and
NOW THEREFORE SE IT RESOLVED, by the President and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Plainfield, Will County, Illinois as follows;
The Village does hereby express its intent to remain a member of the Suburban Tree
Consortium and to procure parkway trees through the Cansortium, subject to
sufficient annual budgeting for the five year period.
SE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to
send a copy of this Resolution to the Suburban Tree consortium Secretariat at the West Central
Municipal Conference Office.
Passed: July1$ 2005
Attest:
- Village Clerk